Many Republicans have suggested Ronald Reagan would not be welcome in Donald Trump’s version of the Grand Old Party. I’ll leave that debate to others. But I am sure if Reagan and Trump were on the same debate stage, the Gipper would be recycling the line he used so effectively against President Jimmy Carter … Read more
Sometimes, I really miss Gilda Radner and her many Saturday Night Live characters (e.g. Roseanne Rosannadanna, Lisa Loopner). Each was guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. My favorite, however, was Emily Litella, the hard of hearing guest commentator on Weekend Update. Once informed she had misunderstood the question, she would close with her trademark … Read more
Dictionary.com defines the term “con” as a verb meaning (1) “to swindle; trick” or (2) “to persuade by deception, cajolery, etc.” I looked up the term after businessman and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg addressed the Democratic National Convention last Wednesday night. Playing off of Donald Trump’s defense of “New York values” … Read more
Let me paraphrase the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I too have a dream. That Americans will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the deity to whom they pray or not, but by their values and ethics, whatever the source. The event which triggered this blog was NOT the recent … Read more
The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York, once said, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” I was reminded of this a couple of weeks ago when a member of our regular foursome showed up at the golf course wearing a “Make America Great Again” … Read more